Camera for photographing quickly moving objects



Jul 15, 1924.

F. DUDA CAMERA FOR PHOTOGRAPHING QUICKLY MOVING OBJECTS Filed April 2,

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CAIEBA E03 PEOTOGBAPHJIG QUICKLY-MOVING OBJECTS.

Application fled April 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ DUDA, a citizen of the Republic of Austria, and residing at.

Vienna, Austria, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Camera for Photographing Quickly-Moving Objects, of which the following is a specification.

Devices are already known by means of which the speed of rapid movements 13 measured by means of two or more photographs taken at,successive known intervals of time. Heretofore,,the photographs have moving object appears as a spira curve on a sensitized plate which is set in rotation 1 and whereby the speed is determined by the form of said curve.

In the present invention the shutter employed in a light-impermeable drum arranged between the lenses and the sensitized plate and provided with a large opening and a parallel slot positioned dlametrally opposite the axis of said drum, and set in regular rotation. A In order to revent the neces sary' uniform advance of t e image surfaces during this movement, the image fields corresponding to the individual lenses are released successively by means of a suitable constructed shutter, so that the released portions of they image fields of the diflerent lenses to be exposed unite, at the same time, into a complete image field, a point occurring in the image field which must thus be taken up by one or the other of the lenses.

The subject of the invention is illustrated by way of example on .the accom anying drawing, in which Fig. isa vertica section through the optical axls of a lensand the support of the apparatus; F1g. 2 is a front elevation thereo Fi 3 is a perspective view of the shutter. ig. 4 is an extended plan thereof. Figr-5 is an elevational detail of the screen. Fig. 6 is an elevational de:

1928. Serial No. 829,478.

tail of the sensitized surface with the photographic reproductions of a point moved rapidly before the four lenses of the camera. Fig.7 is another embodiment of the apparatus with stationary ima surfaces in cross section through the optical axis of a lens: and Fig. 8 s owe the shutter extended.

A photographic camera is tilta'bly mounted by means of an. angle member 2,extending over its entire wi th, on an arm 3 about a ,pivot pin 4. The arm 3 terminates in a pin 5 w 'ch is inserted in the upper part 6 of .a support, whose lower arm 7 has a pivot pin 8, which extends throu h the plate 9of a tripod 10 and has threa to screw on'a butterfly nut 11. Attached to the angle member 2 is a gear segment 12 which is en gzged with a slot or forked member 14 journ ed on thearm 3 and adapted to be actuated by means of the hand wheel 14. The segment 12 may be adjusted in the desired pplsition by means of an adjusting lever 15.

e two parts 6 and 7 of the support are connected by means of a hinge 16. The part 6 is provided with] a clamp screw 17 for tightening the pin 5, and an arm 18 whose end is connected with a screw bolt 19 ournaled in the part 7, said screw bolt havlng a ,lock nut 20. A 5 ring 21 constantly forces thearm 18 inwar ly, as far as permitted by the nut 20, a lock nut 22 completing the fixation in the position desired. When the butterfly nut 11 and the clamp screw 23 are raised, the support may be swung manually about the ivot 8. Precision ad ustment is also provi ed by means of the micrometer screws 24, 24'. It is to be expressly understood that the foregoing mountin for the camera is'of a conventional and we 1 known construction, forming no part of this invention. It is not claimed and is shown merely to facilitate a quick understanding of the actual use of the camera per se.

Four lenses 25 are arranged ad'acent to each other on the camera 1, said i having parallel axes, and opposite which is positioned a correspondingl ,wide sensitized plate 26 is a frame 27. The frame 27 is slidably mounted perpendicular to the axes of the lenses and 1s adapted to move inside an upper and lower casing 28, 28'. For ,moving the frame a rack 29 is attached thereto, in which a small gear 30 engages, said gear being mounted at the end of the enses 25 drive shaft 31 of a clockwork 32, which is placed in a housing 33 and may be Wound means of a key 34.

Hand wheels 35, 35' serve for actuating the frame 27 manually before or after engagement of the rack 29 and the gear 30.

Between the lenses 25 and the plate 26 a drum 36, of light-impermeable material, is arranged on a shaft 37 in such manner that the axis of the drum is perpendicular to the optical axesof the lenses and lies in the plane determined thereby. The drum (Figs. 1, 3, 4) is provided with diametrically opposed broad and narrow slots 38 and 39 for each of the objectives respectively. These pairs of slots are so displaced on the periphery of the drum that after each quarter revolution of the drum the path to the image or sensitized surface is opened for the passage of the light rays thereto. Exposure takes place, naturally, only at that point at which the wide slot is exactly behind the lens, there being no appreciable exposure at the opposite position, this being the particular function of the openings and slot 38 and 39. Placed on one side of the camera is an electric motor 40 with plug contacts 41, which serve to control the movement of the drum. Arranged between the drum36 and the plate 26 is a screen 42 (Figs. 1 and 5) which has four slots 43 corresponding to the four lenses, which are provided with V-shaped exposure corners 44.

When the plate 26 is moved downwardly on suficiently rapid rotation of the drum 36 through the clockwork 32, the images of each exposure appear under each other, corresponding to the four lenses infour adjacent rows. The dots 45 indicated on Fig. 6 indicate the location of the projectile or other moving object as it is caught by the lens at each exposure of the sensitized plate. The individual exposures may be distinguished, one from the other by the marks 44' groduced by the V-corners 44.

I the apparatus is intended, for example, for measurlng the velocity of an artillery projectile, the operation is as follows:

The apparatus, as usual with o tical instruments (not shown), is set u y means of a diopter parallel with the direction of fire, so that the optical axes of the lenses lie in planes perpendicular to the plane of the path of the projectile. The necessary inclination of the optical axes is effected by means of the adjusting nut 20 and the set screw 22, and fixed. If the projectile is fixed at an angle other than 0, suitable inclination is effected by a reading on the are or segment 12 and a checking or arresting opepation is accomplished by means of the lever 15 in a manner similar to the ad-' justment of a piece of ordnance. The re sult is that the portion of the trajectory in volved appears accurately in the symmetrical drum 36 to the position shown on Fig. 1.

The plate frames 37 are now inserted in the casings 28 and these slide laterally in their guides into the camera -1. The empty casing 28' is likewise inserted at the lower side of the camera. By means of the hand wheel 35, the frame 37- is moved or advanced until 'its rack 28 engages the gear 30 or the clockwork 32.- The latter is then wound and the motor 40 connected by means of its plug contact 41 with a current source, so that the drum is set in rotation. On complete revolution thereof the clockwork 32 is set goin and the connection at the same time out o so that the frame or casing 28 moves down- Wardlyat the same time.

As soon as the frame 27 has passed into the lower casing 28 the operation of the motor can be' checked. By turning the wheel 35 the frame 27 is entirely drawn into the lower casing 28 and may be removed therewith for developing the plate.

On the developed plate it is possible to measure the intervals'of each two successive projectile pictures or images coming from the same objective, and to determine the velocity of the projectile from the average value thus obtained, taking into account the rotational speed of the drum 36 and the focal distance of the objectives.

In the embodiment showing the stationary image surfaces, according to Figs. 7 and 8, provision is made so that image fields corresponding to the individual lenses are successively released by a suitably constructed shutter aranged concentrically wth the axis of the drum 36 so that the separate parts of pihpdimage field are united to form one whole Since the construction of the support for the camera is exactly the same as described in connection with the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the camera er se is shown only in cross section on Fig. I

As described in the preceding, the camera 45 has four lenses 46 and, on an axis, a drum 48 with the wide and narrow slots 49 and 50 wall of the camera for driving the drum 48,

on the other side there is clockwork (not shown) for actuating the shutter 53. The shutter is about as wide as the plate 52 which is either of one piece or assembled of four parts corresponding to the image fields of the four lenses. The shutter 53 has four checkerboard, stag ered, rectangular openings 56, 57 58, 59, w ose dimensions are identical with those of an image field, as shown on Fig. 8, Where the shutter is shown rolled up. At the upper and lower edges of the shutter there is left a strip passing therethrough whose width isequal to the height of the plate 52, so that it covers the plate completely in the position shown in full and in dotted lines.

Like the frames 27 of the first embodim'ent, in the present case, the shutter 53 is adapted to be set in movement by the clockwork simultaneouslywith the firin of the shot. It moves from the position s own in full lines into the end position shown in dotted lines, so that the plate 52, as in the first embodiment is exposedstepwise, overexposure thus not being able to take place. In the present case there is only one stepped series of images or pictures.

On Fig. 8, the plate 52 is indicated in a relative position with respect to the shutter 53, in which two image fields of the plate is partially covered by the shutter. Nevertheless no photographicview is lost, as the .parts of the image field laid free for exposure unite to a whole image field, and the View of an object coming in the scope of the objective must thus be made on one or the other exposed parts of the parts of the two image fields. By reason of the arrangement of the movable shutter 53 it will be unnecessary to move the plate, which simplifies the construction.

Having thus full described the invention what is claim and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is 1. In a camera of the character described, the combination with a horizontal row of lenses, a rotatable drum-like shutter arranged behind the lenses and having its axis parallel to and in the same horizontal plane of the lenses, the shutter having for each lens a large opening and a relatively narrow slot diametrically opposite the opening, the openings and also the slots being arranged in spiral relation, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. A camera in accordance with claim 1, wherein a shield is arranged adjacent the drum and opposite the lenses and is provided with openings coaxial with the optical axes of the lenses, guides arranged rearwardly of the shield and substantially tangentially with respect to the shutter a sensitized plate carrying frame movahle vertically in the guides, and means forsynchronously actuating the plate frame with respect to the rotation 'of the shutter, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A camera in accordance with claim 1 wherein guides are arranged substantially tangentially and rearwardly of the drum, a plate frame movable vertically in the guides, and a clockwork for synchronously actuatingthe plate frame with respect to the rotation of the shutter, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my Signature' FRANZ DUDA Witnesses KARL WIRTTENBERG, Fnz. KARLEMAYER.- 

